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On April 14, 2020, President Obama endorsed Joe Biden For President. From JoeBiden.com : He noted Biden’s leadership on health care, climate change, and the 2008 recovery, and said that he believes that Biden is the person who can heal the country in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. With President Obama on our team, we’re going to unite our party and restore the soul of the nation. Together, we will defeat Donald Trump. Join our campaign.  I’m proud to endorse my friend @JoeBiden for President of the United States. Let's go: https://t.co/maHVGRozkX — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 14, 2020 [message] PINOYBUILT.COM Please let us know you dropped by.  Leave a comment below in the DISQUS comment box. [post_ads]

Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death on September 18, 2020. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton, replacing retiring justice Byron White,[2] and at the time was generally viewed as a moderate consensus-builder. She eventually became part of the liberal wing of the Court as the Court shifted to the right over time. Ginsburg was the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court, after Sandra Day O'Connor. During her tenure, Ginsburg wrote notable majority opinions, including United States v. Virginia (1996), Olmstead v. L.C. (1999), Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc. (2000), and City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York (2005). Ginsburg was born and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Her older sister died when she was a baby, and her mother died shortly before Ginsburg graduated from high school. She ea...

President Barack Obama, in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly, made a statement this morning on this weekend's attacks in NYC, Seaside Park, N.J. and St. Cloud, Minnesota. Obama: "We see no connection" between attacks in Minnesota and explosions in New York, New Jersey

Obama blasts Trump administration's 'unlawful' Harvard demands Barack Obama praised Harvard for its rejection of President Donald Trump's demands as the university faces a funding freeze for alleged inaction on antisemitism. ––– Subscribe to ABC News on YouTube: https://ift.tt/LKwBQIz ABC News is your daily source of breaking national and world news, exclusive interviews and 24/7 live streaming coverage. Download the ABC News app for the latest headlines and alerts: https://ift.tt/tiREKc8 Watch 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events on ABC News Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN0PZCe-kwQ&ab_channel=ABCNews Watch full episodes of World News Tonight with David Muir here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQOa26lW-uI8ixlVw1NWu_l4Eh8iZW_qN&feature=shared Read ABC News reports online: http://abcnews.go.com ABC News is the home to the #1 evening newscast “World News Tonight with David Muir," “Good Morning America,” “20/20,” “Nightline,” “This Week...

Former President Barack Obama delivered a speech on the "state of our democracy " at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus Friday, in what will set his tone for campaigning ahead of the November midterm elections . Today I’m at the University of Illinois to deliver a simple message to young people all over the country: You need to vote, because our democracy depends on it. I hope you'll tune in at 11am CT: https://t.co/34WjNaVAcU — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 7, 2018 The former commander-in-chief is receiving the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government, which will be given to him by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. Obama, who has chimed in from time-to-time to remark on President Trump's words and actions, is expected to address threats to the United States' democracy and the consequences of apathy, and urge fellow Americans to vote this November. The award Obama is receiving is the same one that was bestowed upon the late Sen...

At a G20 summit press conference, US President Barack Obama addresses his upcoming meeting with the Philippines' president.

President Barack Obama : "I did shake hands with President Duterte last night. It was not a long interaction, and I indicated to him that my team should be meeting with his and determine how to move forward the whole range of issues ." Full story: http://bit.ly/2c85p4c

Los Angeles · April 2026. From Quezon City to Sacramento: Jessica Caloza and the Filipina Who Broke California's Glass Ceiling. jessica caloza, first filipina california state assembly, fil-am politics, historic filipinotown, rob bonta, assembly district 52, eagle rock, quezon city, aca 18, uc board of regents, kagitingan, filipino american representation, sacramento, los angeles. COMMUNITY PROFILE • APRIL 2026 From Quezon City to Sacramento: Jessica Caloza, the First Filipina in California's State Legislature She grew up watching TFC in a working-class household. Now she writes state law — and she's just getting started. Assemblymember Jessica Caloza (D-Los Angeles) represents California's 52nd Assembly District. She was sworn in on December 2, 2024 as the first Filipina ever elected to the state legislature. (Photo: Office of Assemblymember Caloza) On a December morning in 2024, inside the California State Capitol in Sacram...